Iran’s nuclear chief, Fereidoun Abbasi, said that Tehran could stop enriching to 20 percent after they’ve stockpiled enough for use in a research reactor. “The job is being carried out based on need,” he said. “When the need is met, we will decrease production and it is even possible to completely reverse to only 3.5 percent.”

The U.S., on the other hand, has not proposed any such compromise in the lead up to the talks with Iran and the P5+1 set to take place in Turkey on Friday. Washington has demanded that Iran stop enriching uranium to 20 percent for medical research, as is their right under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and to close and dismantle the facility at Fordow, which is protected by reinforced concrete inside a mountain.

Demanding Fordow be dismantled is not only harmful to negotiations, it is totally unnecessary. Inspections can be regularly performed on Fordow (it has been inspected more than 10 times since October 2009) and in January Iran announced that Fordow “remains under the agency’s containment and surveillance.”

The demand to close Fordow indicates that Washington will allow an Iranian nuclear program only if they aren’t protected from U.S. or Israeli bombs.

If the Obama administration doesn’t compromise, the talks will inevitably fail and be used to legitimize a military strike on Iran for a nuclear weapons program it doesn’t have. The Obama administration’s efforts in recent months to prevent a preventive Israeli attack, along with its frequent announcements that Iran has no weapons program, are a hint that some compromise may be forthcoming.

Author: John Glaser

"Iran’s nuclear chief, Fereidoun Abbasi, said that Tehran could stop enriching to 20 percent after they’ve stockpiled enough for use in a research reactor."

I'm sure that's comforting to Israel…

Raine

Who cares about Israel?? really?? They are the agressor, and act with perpetual criminal malice. Nobody other than Zionists give a hoot about Israel period…

chirvan

Who cares if Israel is comfortable? They have all the weaponry and nukes and we are to believe that they are scared of Iran? Sorry but you got some problems if you're buying what their selling.

the lion

Ben C the research reactor is used to make Medical Isotopes, which they are allowed under IAEA rules, I wonder how the US would feel if they were told by the UN that they were no longer allowed to make nuclear Medicines to battle cancer, I can tell you they would tell them to go and get @*&^@*. Now think what Israel would say and it would be the same.

Israel is more than well aware what 20 percent nuclear material is and what its used for they also know how hard it is to go from 20 per cent to 95%. The admittance that Iran with a bomb isnt an existential threat to Israel is also telling to the extreme!

Ben_C

"Ben C the research reactor is used to make Medical Isotopes, which they are allowed under IAEA rules, I wonder how the US would feel if they were told by the UN that they were no longer allowed to make nuclear Medicines to battle cancer, I can tell you they would tell them to go and get @*&^@*. Now think what Israel would say and it would be the same."

Your point being what exactly?

James

Has Israel joined the NPT, or IAEA?? no, but they"think" that their voice should be relevant even though they threaten Iran daily with an attack, and commit criminal actions in the occupied territories daily. Give it a rest..Israel deserves a swift bombing of Tel Aviv, and the destruction of the Knesset. The world would sleep better, and the US government would be free from the criminal shackles of AIPAC…

peter vojta

These is no way to trust to Zionist regime. Perhaps if Iran surrenders to US dominance a say that it will do whatever US /Israel/ wisch…then maybe. But that would mean that Iran will be "slave" to Zionism. Iranians would never accept behave like people in Nazi occupaid Europe during WW2.
I unfortunaly see Zionist push for conflict, endless santions against intern. law followed by some kind of False Flag – made in Israel of course. They are the masters and inventors of this modern day terrorism…..i am sure they prepared many scenarios already. And fall of dollar hegemony togheter with endless Corporate Powers greed – way out is GIVE TO IGNORANT PEOPLE ANOTHER WAR!!! peter czech

Yonatan

The US isn't interested in compromise. The intent is regime change. The nuke issue is just for public consumption, as were the WMD that Hussein supposedly had. The US will reject this blaming Iran for not going far enough, the same way it rejected the earlier option negotiated between Iran, Turkey and Brazil, to transfer material out of Iran for enrichment.

PEACE EVER AFTER

Nothing Iran can do except complete regime change will satisfy Israel/US. The kosher nazis will never be satisfied until they dominate the world. However I am sure they will meet their match with China and India.

Roger Lafontaine

US-Israeli 'diplomacy' toward Iran: Humiliate and insult them into – not submission for that would make an attack seem unreasonable – resistance and then insist that the 'free world' must put an end to their resistance by bombing and destroying their civilization – presumably for the sake of 'averting another Holocaust'. The WMD scam by itself won't work anymore but the WMD-Holocaust scam is still usable thanks to our pervasive Holocaust indoctrination.

james

Israel's regime is illegetimate, and should be silenced by the world body minus the patheitically bought US government. Iran has every right under the IAEA, and NPT to develop nuclear material to 20%. Any critique coming from Israel, or its myopic supporters should be taken with a grain of salt.

chirvan

Until Israel signs the NPT – any critique coming from them should be ignored. They have no right to say anything to anyone about nuclear capabilities.

tommy

Iran should buy a few atomic bombs from North Korea and pay with oil or food. once Iran has the weapons THE ZIONIST will run a mile so will USA.

smithy1000

Iran is seeing what kind of response their suggestion gets from the us. A cold shoulder from the us will signal to iran that the US is not really interested in negotiation but just continued bullying.